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CVE-2022-50378

HIGH
7.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/meson: reorder driver deinit sequence to fix use-after-free bug Unloading the driver triggers the following KASAN warning: [ +0.006275] ============================================================= [ +0.000029] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __list_del_entry_valid+0xe0/0x1a0 [ +0.000026] Read of size 8 at addr ffff000020c395e0 by task rmmod/2695 [ +0.000019] CPU: 5 PID: 2695 Comm: rmmod Tainted: G C O 5.19.0-rc6-lrmbkasan+ #1 [ +0.000013] Hardware name: Hardkernel ODROID-N2Plus (DT) [ +0.000008] Call trace: [ +0.000007] dump_backtrace+0x1ec/0x280 [ +0.000013] show_stack+0x24/0x80 [ +0.000008] dump_stack_lvl+0x98/0xd4 [ +0.000011] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x80/0x520 [ +0.000011] print_report+0x128/0x260 [ +0.000007] kasan_report+0xb8/0xfc [ +0.000008] __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x3c/0x50 [ +0.000010] __list_del_entry_valid+0xe0/0x1a0 [ +0.000009] drm_atomic_private_obj_fini+0x30/0x200 [drm] [ +0.000172] drm_bridge_detach+0x94/0x260 [drm] [ +0.000145] drm_encoder_cleanup+0xa4/0x290 [drm] [ +0.000144] drm_mode_config_cleanup+0x118/0x740 [drm] [ +0.000143] drm_mode_config_init_release+0x1c/0x2c [drm] [ +0.000144] drm_managed_release+0x170/0x414 [drm] [ +0.000142] drm_dev_put.part.0+0xc0/0x124 [drm] [ +0.000143] drm_dev_put+0x20/0x30 [drm] [ +0.000142] meson_drv_unbind+0x1d8/0x2ac [meson_drm] [ +0.000028] take_down_aggregate_device+0xb0/0x160 [ +0.000016] component_del+0x18c/0x360 [ +0.000009] meson_dw_hdmi_remove+0x28/0x40 [meson_dw_hdmi] [ +0.000015] platform_remove+0x64/0xb0 [ +0.000009] device_remove+0xb8/0x154 [ +0.000009] device_release_driver_internal+0x398/0x5b0 [ +0.000009] driver_detach+0xac/0x1b0 [ +0.000009] bus_remove_driver+0x158/0x29c [ +0.000009] driver_unregister+0x70/0xb0 [ +0.000008] platform_driver_unregister+0x20/0x2c [ +0.000008] meson_dw_hdmi_platform_driver_exit+0x1c/0x30 [meson_dw_hdmi] [ +0.000012] __do_sys_delete_module+0x288/0x400 [ +0.000011] __arm64_sys_delete_module+0x5c/0x80 [ +0.000009] invoke_syscall+0x74/0x260 [ +0.000009] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xcc/0x260 [ +0.000009] do_el0_svc+0x50/0x70 [ +0.000007] el0_svc+0x68/0x1a0 [ +0.000012] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x11c/0x150 [ +0.000008] el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 [ +0.000018] Allocated by task 0: [ +0.000007] (stack is not available) [ +0.000011] Freed by task 2695: [ +0.000008] kasan_save_stack+0x2c/0x5c [ +0.000011] kasan_set_track+0x2c/0x40 [ +0.000008] kasan_set_free_info+0x28/0x50 [ +0.000009] ____kasan_slab_free+0x128/0x1d4 [ +0.000008] __kasan_slab_free+0x18/0x24 [ +0.000007] slab_free_freelist_hook+0x108/0x230 [ +0.000011] kfree+0x110/0x35c [ +0.000008] release_nodes+0xf0/0x16c [ +0.000009] devres_release_group+0x180/0x270 [ +0.000008] component_unbind+0x128/0x1e0 [ +0.000010] component_unbind_all+0x1b8/0x264 [ +0.000009] meson_drv_unbind+0x1a0/0x2ac [meson_drm] [ +0.000025] take_down_aggregate_device+0xb0/0x160 [ +0.000009] component_del+0x18c/0x360 [ +0.000009] meson_dw_hdmi_remove+0x28/0x40 [meson_dw_hdmi] [ +0.000012] platform_remove+0x64/0xb0 [ +0.000008] device_remove+0xb8/0x154 [ +0.000009] device_release_driver_internal+0x398/0x5b0 [ +0.000009] driver_detach+0xac/0x1b0 [ +0.000009] bus_remove_driver+0x158/0x29c [ +0.000008] driver_unregister+0x70/0xb0 [ +0.000008] platform_driver_unregister+0x20/0x2c [ +0.000008] meson_dw_hdmi_platform_driver_exit+0x1c/0x30 [meson_dw_hdmi] [ +0.000011] __do_sys_delete_module+0x288/0x400 [ +0.000010] __arm64_sys_delete_module+0x5c/0x80 [ +0.000008] invoke_syscall+0x74/0x260 [ +0.000008] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xcc/0x260 [ +0.000008] do_el0_svc+0x50/0x70 [ +0.000007] el0_svc+0x68/0x1a0 [ +0.000009] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x11c/0x150 [ +0.000009] el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 [ +0.000014] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff000020c39000 ---truncated---

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:6.0.3-1CVE-2022-50378
Fixed in:6.0.3-1CVE-2022-50378
Fixed in:6.0.3-1CVE-2022-50378

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days
4thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 4% of all known CVEs.

References

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